***2022-23 CFB Bowl Games Thread***

They don't all travel to Bowl Games though. Do they?

Yes they all travel. In my experience 105 (this is the amount of players allowed for preseason practice) travel to the bowl with the team. Anyone not in the 105 show up a couple days later. It's up to the coach on how many dress for the game. Coach Mac usually dressed everyone.
 
Yes they all travel. In my experience 105 (this is the amount of players allowed for preseason practice) travel to the bowl with the team. Anyone not in the 105 show up a couple days later. It's up to the coach on how many dress for the game. Coach Mac usually dressed everyone.
Good on Coach Mac!
Learn something new every day.
I'd give that TWO likes if I could.
 
He was really good the first 2 1/2 qtrs. USC gets a huge play on a horrible decision by Buchner.
Probably was a bad pass by Buchner.

But sometimes tough to tell if receiver went more up seam vs cross. The USC defender chucked the receiver to disrupt timing of route.

There have been some fun games the last 3 days. Looking forward to the Really, Really Orange Bowl.
 
SEC and Big12 are a combined 2-9. Bowl records really don’t mean much but that surprised me
I disagree when it comes to the SEC. All we hear from Finebaum and his lapdogs is how the SEC is just so much better. Yes, over the past decade the top 1-2 teams from the SEC have been better than the top 1-2 teams from the other P5 conferences more often than not, but the remaining >90% of the SEC are pretty ordinary teams and in many years aren't as good top to bottom as other conferences. That's what bowl games show.
 
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I disagree when it comes to the SEC. All we hear from Finebaum and his lapdogs is how the SEC is just so much better. Yes, over the past decade the top 1-2 teams from the SEC have been better than the top 1-2 teams from the other P5 conferences more often than not, but the remaining >90% of the SEC are pretty ordinary teams and in many years aren't as good top to bottom as other conferences. That's what bowl games show.
Oh I agree but untill other conferences start winning championships the SEC stuff will stand. Yeah after the top two teams there is a step down but they have had 5 different National Champions recently. Most other conferences have only had 1. Plus a lot of these teams have guys sitting out. I hate the SEC but winning championships is what matters and they aren’t losing one of those championship games anytime soon.
 
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Oh I agree but untill other conferences start winning championships the SEC stuff will stand. Yeah after the top two teams there is a step down but they have had 5 different National Champions recently. Most other conferences have only had 1. Plus a lot of these teams have guys sitting out. I hate the SEC but winning championships is what matters and they aren’t losing one of those championship games anytime soon.
2008 is recently? Lol. And all programs are having top guys sit out, that's not a disadvantage unique to SEC teams.
 
2008 is recently? Lol. And all programs are having top guys sit out, that's not a disadvantage unique to SEC teams.
2008 isn’t ancient history. SEC produces more NFL talent then anyone else so they have more guys sit out usually. Not all guys sitting out are equal, like texas losing both RB is worse then ND losing a tight end but still matters. Btw I totally agree with you that after the top 2/3 teams in the SEC the rest are very average just like the big ten.
 
2008 isn’t ancient history. SEC produces more NFL talent then anyone else so they have more guys sit out usually. Not all guys sitting out are equal, like texas losing both RB is worse then ND losing a tight end but still matters. Btw I totally agree with you that after the top 2/3 teams in the SEC the rest are very average just like the big ten.
I know that's one of the baked-in excuses, right up there with "well, sure they lost but did the SEC team really want to be playing in THAT bowl game."
 
Another SEC loss. I don't get it. They're so much better, why do they keep losing?


Lots of reasons. Bowl games are basically spring games for some programs, and super bowls for others (in terms of month long prep) Top players don't play. Some teams don't want to be there. Lots of reasons. SEC is better than the Big 10. A lot better.